NBN hard running undoes sensible Optus HFC decision
Under-invested in and not fit for purpose, it was clear the Optus cable network needed overbuilding, but the Byzantine NBN wanted to back it to the hilt.
Under-invested in and not fit for purpose, it was clear the Optus cable network needed overbuilding, but the Byzantine NBN wanted to back it to the hilt.
For a company that accepts criticism with all the grace of a steel hammer hit right between the eyes, the NBN has found itself, and by extension Malcolm Turnbull, in the spotlight thanks to its own decisions.
Inevitable protests against NBN Co wireless towers remind us why the Coalition's wireless-NBN alternative would never have worked. But with 2500 towers planned and opposition already mounting, could obstacles placed by NIMBY protesters make NBN Co's delivery timelines slip dramatically?
Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has embarked on an impromptu tour of broadband facilities and networks throughout the greater Asian region, in what appears to be an effort to keep on the cutting edge of technology as part of the debate about Australia's own National Broadband Network.